Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day is projected to occur on September 5th. Each country has its own Plastic Overshoot Day, which is determined by …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Emission from Thermal Power Plants, 29/11/2016. The Government has notified revised Standards for Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) on 07/12/2015, which lays down emission norms for specified pollutants. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has taken steps to control pollution from thermal power stations and …
Grasslands are critical global ecosystems, but pollution from agricultural fertilizers and nitrogen-laden smog threatens to dump too many nutrients onto the grasses. Ecologists applied various fertilizers to grassland plots at 45 sites on five continents annually and measured biodiversity and plant growth. Excess nutrients decreased biodiversity more and more over …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Level of pollution in metropolitan cities, 21/11/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) monitors air and water bodies across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) and National Water Quality …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Level of pollution in metropolitan cities, 21/11/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) monitors air and water bodies across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) and National Water Quality …
Though the indefinite protest launched by the workers of the Mysore Paper Mills (MPM), a public sector unit in Bhadravati, completes one year on November 22, it seems there is no respite in sight for the problems faced by them. The workers have demanded that the State government either resume …
The Department of Environment has finalised the draft of National Pollution Control Strategy and Action Plan. Nepal’s pollution levels demonstrate a significant need for further development of a well established and effectively operating pollution control monitoring system. In addition, there should be mass public awareness and education programmes, as well …
Bhopal: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), central bench, on Thursday directed the state government to submit information on how much damage has been caused to the environment by release of vehicles impounded for illegal mining in Barwani, Khargone, Dhar and Alirajpur districts. The directive came during the hearing of a …
Galgibaga: The villagers of Galgibaga and Mashem are, once again, agitated as they fear the reclamation of the Galgibaga river, in violation of CRZ norms, will lead to massive displacement of water and flooding near residential areas. Work on the 7.74-km-long, four-lane bypass road from ‘Char Rasta’ near Chaudi, Canacona, …
The Congress leader further said the Supreme Court should take suo moto cognizance in public interest and issue binding instruction to all concerned authorities. Expressing grave concern over Delhi witnessing an emergency situation due to alarming pollution level, Congress leader Ashwini Kumar on Sunday said the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) no-entry-to-Rabindra-Sarobar order for Chhath devotees has put the Mamata Banerjee government in a bind. The government can't go against the order but at the same time, it doesn't want to hurt the sentiments of the 57lakh non-Bengali population in Bengal, of which a major …
PANAJI: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change, on Thursday, issued an order, reconstituting a 13-member Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA), whose term ended in July 2016. The delay in reconstitution of the GCZMA has affected the finalization of the beach shack policy, and consequently, the erection of …
The number of wild animals living on Earth is set to fall by two-thirds by 2020, according to a new report, part of a mass extinction that is destroying the natural world upon which humanity depends. The analysis, the most comprehensive to date, indicates that animal populations plummeted by 58% …
With possible far-reaching consequences for the pharmaceutical industry in India, a report from a European agency campaigning for the environment has blamed manufactures in Hyderabad for growing antibiotic resistance in the world. Titled ‘Superbugs in the Supply Chain’, the report by London-based Changing Markets Foundation aims to show how effluents …
The Oxford Business Group (OBG) has warned that Ghana risks losing a substantial part of its agriculture land due to the activities of illegal miners popularly called ‘Galamsey’. According to the group, galamsey activities also pose a major danger to Ghana’s cash crop—cocoa, which has been a significant contributor to …
Now, with lead sulfide and zinc ore reserves seemingly exhausted, Kabwe, the capital of Zambia's Central Province, is a ghost town, local people say. Nearly a century of mining for lead, cadmium and other deposits plundered Kabwe's resources, and then the companies involved abandoned the town, leaving poor residents to …
Hundreds of people gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday to protest against climate change and show support for activists demonstrating against the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota. Several Hollywood stars, including Mark Ruffalo and Susan Sarandon, were among the more than 800 people who attended the climate …
VASCO: The locals from Vasco have raised serious concerns over the environmental pollution created by the hot bitumen mix plant located next to Dabolim airport and in the vicinity of Shantinagar residential area. Locals have demanded that the plant should be shifted away from residential area to some industrial estate …
The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal in association with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the pollution control boards of south Indian states will conduct a 'Regional Conference on Environment' in Chennai on October 22 and 23. The conference will be held on the premises of the …
BHOPAL: After Chinese crackers and lights whose sale have been banned by some districts in the state, it is the turn for Chinese threads (manja) used for kite flying. Panna district administration has banned use of Chinese threads that are made of plastic and synthetic material. The ban will come …
INDORE: The Indore bench of high court on Monday issued notices to six authorities including chief secretary of urban administration and development department, over a petition alleging submission of false affidavits by district administration and spreading of pollution by a hotel owner in a crowded residential area of the city. …
